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Operating System Requirements

In addition to the operating system requirements listed below see the Interfacing Product Suite Requirements for specific requirements for the CAD Import Module, the Design Module, and the LiveLink™ product suite.

If these requirements are not met, COMSOL crashes when accessing the help system.

FLEXnet License Manager

The system requirements for the license manager are the same as for COMSOL Multiphysics. FLEXnet version 11.12 is used on all platforms. The version of lmgrd must be the same or higher than the FLEXnet version used by COMSOL.

FlexNet License Manager on Linux

Linux Standard Base (LSB) is now required for Linux on the license server computer.

If the LSB core package is missing from the distribution repository, manually create a symbolic link as root: /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 -> ld-linux-x86-64.so.2

Distribution

Required Packages

Debian

lsb-core

Ubuntu

lsb-core

RedHat

redhat-lsb

SUSE

lsb

Application Builder

The Application Builder is supported in the Windows® operating system.

All computers in the cluster must use the same Linux® version and should have similar hardware. It is recommended that OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.4 or higher is installed. If you are using an RDMA-capable network fabrics a DAPL 1.2 or later version compliant driver or library is required. The software is usually provided with your hardware.

* COMSOL is a proud member of the Intel® Cluster Ready program and certifies COMSOL Multiphysics with every new version. View Certificate. The certification process ensures that COMSOL Multiphysics will seamlessly work for parallel processing and cluster modeling on any hardware that has also been certified as being Intel Cluster Ready.

Intel, Intel Cluster Ready and the Intel Cluster Ready text treatment are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

Graphics System Requirements

COMSOL® recommends hardware rendering for performance reasons. Hardware rendering requires drivers that support OpenGL® version 1.5. Windows® users may also use DirectX® version 9 on the local console. Hardware rendering requires at least 24-bit color graphics.

The Optimize for Quality setting in the Graphics preferences requires OpenGL® 2.0. Software rendering also supports 16-bit color graphics. For performance reasons, we recommend that the graphics card has at least 512 MB memory.

AMD

Card Model

Operating System

Driver Version

FirePro V4800

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

14.502.1040

FirePro V5900

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

14.502.1040

FirePro V7750

Windows Server 2008 R2

8.911.3.4000

FirePro V7800

Debian 7

14.502.1040

FirePro W2100

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

14.301.1019

FirePro W4170M

Windows 7

14.301.1019

FirePro W5100

Windows 8.1

14.502.1045

FirePro W7000

Windows Server 2012 R2

14.502.1045

FirePro W7100

Windows 7

14.502.1045

FirePro W8000

Debian 6

14.502.1040

NVIDIA

Card Model

Operating System

Driver Version

Quadro FX 3800

Windows Server 2008 R2

341.92

Quadro FX 1800

Debian 7

340.93

Quadro FX 580

Windows Vista

341.92

Quadro K5000

Windows 7

354.42

Quadro K4000

Windows 7

354.42

Quadro K2000

Windows 7

354.42

Quadro K620

Windows 10

354.42

Quadro K620

Debian 8

352.55

Quadro 600

Windows 7

354.42

Quadro 600

Debian 8

352.55

Quadro 410

Windows 7

354.42

NVS 510

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

352.55

GeForce GTX

950M Windows 10

358.50

The graphics cards listed above have been rigorously tested for compatibility with COMSOL Multiphysics®. Please note, however, that other AMD or NVIDIA graphics cards may also be compatible with COMSOL Multiphysics®. Graphics cards that belong to the same model series as one of the cards listed above are more likely to be compatible with COMSOL Multiphysics®.

* For hardware acceleration on Linux®, use proprietary drivers from you graphics card vendor, such as NVIDIA or AMD, otherwise use COMSOL® software rendering. The Nouveau video driver is only supported for software rendering.

NOTE: This information is provided for your benefit but should not be used as a substitute for your own investigation of the system requirements that may be appropriate for your use of COMSOL® software or other software, given your particular circumstances. Systems and hardware change regularly, which may impact any determination of what system requirements are appropriate for you.